Ezekiel 28 — The Fall of Tyre

The word of YHWH came to me, saying,

“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says The Almighty YHWH:

Because your heart is lifted up, and you say, “I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, in the midst of the seas,”

yet you are a man, and not The Almighty—though you set your heart as the heart of The Almighty…’”

Explanation:

YHWH opens by exposing the prince’s delusion. Tyre’s ruler saw himself enthroned among the seas — a metaphor for control over vast trade routes.

In modern terms: “You think you’re untouchable because your wealth spans the oceans.”

But YHWH reminds him — he is flesh, not divine.